Indigo Hamlet


Size:   3 to 5.5 in.
ID:   Blue and white bars with large center blue area

Class:   Actinopterygii  /  Ray-finned fishes
Order:   Perciformes  /  Perch-like fishes
Family:    Serranidae  /  Sea basses  (Groupers)
Genus Species:   Hypoplectrus indigo /  Indigo Hamlet

Habitat:   swim about reef bottoms
Typical food:  small fishes and crustaceans
Other information:   produce a sound inside their body to broadcast their gametes releasing their eggs and sperm


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